Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit

by Jean R. Soderlund

Book Overview

is book explores the growth of abolitionism among Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey from 1688 to 1780, providing a case study of how groups change their moral attitudes. Dr. Soderlund details the long battle fought by reformers like gentle John Woolman and eccentric Benjamin Lay. The eighteenth-century Quaker humanitarians succeeded only after they diluted their goals to attract wider support, establishing a gradualistic, paternalistic, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691601119
• ISBN13: 9780691601113
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"